Gender Confused - 11 week old has purple and blue cere without any white at nostrils.

Hi there and :welcome: to the forums, Blueberry!

You're an adorable little GIRL

Meanwhile, please let your owner know that this is the best place to learn even more about the best of budgie care practices, and to stay updated on everything, be sure to read through the forums' many budgie articles and "stickies". After reading, questions are always welcome!

Hope to see you around! :wave: :cobalt:

Thank you so much for the sweet welcome message. This is a great website! I'm excited to read up and learn more.

Thank you

Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to learning a lot on this site. We named it Blueberry. Blue for short. Not the most unique name but it really seemed to fit. Lol. Thanks again.

It looks like a boy to me.:yes: :innocent:

In fact, I think you have a little girl The light blue around the nares is a pretty sure sign that in fact she's female; a male's cere would be glossy purple or pink at that age, and even if it was going to turn blue early, it would retain the richness of color and not show that extent of lightness. I agree, however, that this cere is one that's especially confusing! If in a few weeks you post updated pictures it would be easier to confirm 100%.

Thanks

Thank you JuneBird and StarlingWings. I'll definitely post another picture in a few weeks.

Merged Post

FaeryBee, I created a new post because I had a "specific" question regarding the transition of ceres in general, not simply asking people to vote if they think my bird is male or female. That was the objective of my first post, not the new one. I was hoping to learn something new. My question is now buried in this post and not likely to be seen, but that's ok. I didn't realize you wanted this section to just be for guessing male or female. Thank you for your guess.

Still don't know.

Hi. I saw the threads. Unfortunately, they didn't help with finding info about young budgies with purple ceres and blue around nostrils.

Blue around nostrils

Thank you very much for trying to help. There's no pink at all. The outside border of the cere is a bluish purple. Yes, probably more blue than purple, but it has bits of purple in it. The nostrils definitely don't have white. It's a light blue. That's the confusing part. I guess time will tell. I'm loving this bird so much. It is really warming up and enjoys getting scritches on its head and neck. I'll post an updated picture of the cere in a few weeks in the event there is some change. Thank you.

We look forward to seeing the updated pics! :yes:

Thank you

Thank you. You're very sweet. Thank you for providing this website. It's a wonderful place.

If this is how the cere looks in person, as well, then you actually have a BOY! Surprise~ often times there are ceres which seem in between until they change for sure, so despite it usually being very straightforward to tell the gender before then, sometimes it isnt 🤣